Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty.

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.

This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.

Every man that has felt pain knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the enjoyment of an hour?

There are some works which the authors must consign unpublished to posterity, however uncertain be the event, however hopeless be the trust. He that writes the history of his own times, if he adhere steadily to truth, will write that which his own times will not easily endure. He must be content to reposite his book till all private passions shall cease, and love and hatred give way to curiosity.

Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.